Volcanoes: how they have shaped our history

Fri, 2010-04-23 08:00
Submitted by beckyhoskins

Unsurprisingly it's volcanoes making the headlines this week: eruptions through history and the effects on past societies. Elsewhere, goods are under the hammer, there's a coronation renovation and competition for Stonehenge; plus, a revelation about James Bond and attempts to identify VE Day footage.

 

Volcanoes: how they have shaped history, and did they help cause the French Revolution? 

Dartmoor's ancient stones are revealed as older than Stonehenge.

Iron Age stone head to be sold at auction.

17th century Persian expensive carpet sold for £6.2 million.

James Bond Goldfinger sequence based on real Second World War operation.

Nazi buildings in Vienna cause controversy.

VE Day in Gateshead: Were you there?

British Museum demanded to pay Iran $300,000 over the return of the Cyrus Cylinder.

The Talking Clock: a history of TIM.

British coronation throne to be given first makeover in 700 years.
 

Becky Hoskins

 

Becky Hoskins studied history at the University of Bristol